As you walk around the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World there are little girls around the park dressed as their favourite princesses and then a few extra’s catch your eye and if you have your own little girl with you there will be the call out “Mummy I want to be a Princess too”…

Hearing that we were heading to Florida this summer J’s first request that we head to Legoland especially for his birthday – he turned 6 and a lot of his friends and his cousin had all been to Legoland for their 6th birthday’s this year so we got our tickets and planned for a day…

As a child I loved being close to the water, as an adult my love of the water and being on it and near it has grown and grown. I spent 4 sea turtle nesting seasons living on beaches in Greece and Costa Rica, couldn’t really get much closer to the water than that and…

India is a wonderfully rich place to visit for wildlife and there are an ever-increasing number of places to visit, whether it’s birds or tigers there’s plenty to see. But from experience to get the most from your visit a bit of forward planning can pay dividends and leave you with some truly wonderful memories…

There is so much to do in London whether you are visiting for a day or coming for a trip one of your days should be spent at one of the many museums that London has to offer. Although the majority of visitors will head to the museums on a rainy day – it’s best…

We’re heading off on our first long haul vacation this summer to Florida – and we will be visiting Walt Disney World Resort and the theme parks although staying off-site. It’s not mine and my husband’s first trip in fact we both went in our teens 1991 with our parents, then again as a couple…

Last year around the UK many of the Forestry Commission Forests hosted Gruffalo Trails where children could follow a trail through the forest interacting with the characters from Julia Donaldson’s fantastic storybook The Gruffalo, over the winter these trails were changed and instead of featuring the Gruffalo they became Superworm Trails. We’re lucky enough to…

As a family of 4 taking our first trip abroad was a little scary, we’d travelled as a family of 3 returning to one of mine and my husband’s favourite destinations but as a family of 4 we wanted and needed something to dip or toes into that was a little easier than what is…

One of the mini-trips that I took when based in Costa Rica for 3 years was a trip down to Peru. For me from Costa Rica to Peru it was like taking a trip to Greece and whilst I was on that side of the world I knew that I wanted to see a little…